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Sofia Seminar Programme
a.The background and objectives to the Seminar (see section 2) are linkedto the European Union funded project through the following:
I.
The history
of training and learning for Community Development in Europe in thedifferent contexts. Some of the material produced during preparation for the Seminar;during the exhibition; or in follow-up to the seminar can be used as training and learningmaterial in the future.
II.
The national and personal approach:
Ideally, each partner should have at least onemeeting with the two multipliers that will join the seminar in advance. This meeting mayinclude the multipliers that each of the participants for the Sofia seminar is expected tonominate for dissemination. Partners are asked to share this inwww.tl4cd.wordpress.comto lay the ground for networking and exchange.
III.
The future: Visions on training and learning in the future.
The report following theSeminar will give the opportunity to share extracts from the workshops; proposals for practice and policy development as identified in the “door to the future” session.
DAY 1: 18
th
May 2009
Afternoon arrival of participants and informal meeting18.00: Welcome by CEGA to participants18.15
Network Circle led by Kirsten Paaby
: The group gathers and we get started demonstratingcreative and interactive methods with prepared presentations from each national group of partners with multipliers.
Visual Images
Visual representation of significant development in the history, growth, changing context andorganisation of Training and Learning in Community Development from each country is requested.What is the role of tl4cd in the profile of professionals and in the organisation of CommunityDevelopment? The visual representation could take the form of flipchart pages done by hand andstuck together in the form of a time link; or a computerised presentation; or a symbolic presentation.
“Creative Commons”
 The country presentations are building stones in an exhibition about the concept of tl4cd– the history,the personal, the future vision. On another wall we start to create a common vision for tl4cd, which isopen for sharing and not limited by intellectual property rights. This will be achieved through wordsimages photos etc. This is the beginning of the exhibition which will be produced in the course of theseminar and which
will be structured in different parts.
This exhibition is aimed at the 150multipliers who will engage in follow-up actions to the project and will be photographed to go with theblog.
 
DAY 2 on 19
th
May 2009 and DAY 3 on 20
th
May 2009DATE and TimeTopic / ActivityWho and howDAY 2, 19
th
May
9.00-9.30
Welcome and domesticinformationPresentation of Content of Programme
Emil Metodiev, CEGAKirsten Paaby, CEBSDin conference hall9.30 – 10.30
The foundation and findings of the project
Presentation of TLCDcoordinator Margo Gorman,with input from partners10.30-11.00CoffeeLobby bar 11-12Panel and DiscussionInteractive method12 – 1.30 LunchDining Room1.30 -4.30
Workshops
:Relay visits as a methodAssess the relevance of the keysfrom Relay and Laboratory to awider network“Learning by Doing”: Electronictools for dissemination – pleasebring a laptop to this session.Reaching the target of 150multipliersSharing guidelines and settingcommon standardsEach workshop is led bypartners with the followingleaders in order of topic:CEGA, MOVISIE and CESIESamenlevingsopbouw, CDFand CESAMHACD, PACT and CKOFDC, KFW and IDCWC, ARCD and PBWAll participants identify “adoor and a key” to achievingthe Seminar objectives for future action related to their topic.4.30 – 5-00 CoffeeLobby Bar 5.00-5.15Introduction of EvaluatorGuenther Lorenz, introducedby Sue Webb5.15 – 6.15Reports from the workshopsMultipliers
who are not already in partnership
reportback7.30Dinner and cultural eventDAY 220
th
May9-10.30
Policy implications andEuropean perspectives
The Budapest declaration HACDTLCD related to citizensparticipation week and the localdemocracy week (with Council of Europe involvement)Is the Open Method of coordination in Lisbon Process akey to the door of settingEuropean Standards?Presentations on themes by:Ilona VercsegChuck Hirt and Jos LemmersOonagh Mc ArdleThis will be followed bycombined reflection andanalysis of opportunities for influencing policyHans Andersson will presentOPERA method to helpidentify priorities.
 
10.30-11.00Work on priorities Using OPERA method12 – 1.30 p.m.LunchDining room1.30 – 2.30:Work on prioritiesUsing OPERA Method2.30-3.30Setting priorities for actionCompletion of OPERA3.30 p.m. 4.00 CoffeeLobby Bar 4.00-5.00Evaluation and Close of SeminarEmil Metodiev, Kirsten Paabyand Guenther Lorenz5.15 – 7.00: Consortiummeeting: business
Agenda:
Completing the workprogrammes for the TLCDProject
Completion of Partner agreements and business
Discussion and decision thefuture of the TLCD and therole of the existing partners of the consortium TLCD.Consortium Meeting inConference HallChaired by Sarah, CESIE
 
4. Community-based Training and Learning: a European Consortium
 The Seminar in Sofia focuses on dissemination of the results of the work of the Consortium on Training and Learning for Community Development and its links toother European funded projects and programmes. The Consortium of 16 partners,who are all from non-Governmental organisations, met for the first time in November 2007 in The Hague, Netherlands, and met again in Palermo, Italy in November 2008.Partners are committed to a programme of exchanges, backed up by intensivenetworking on Training and Learning for Community Development.The current Key Activity 4 project arose from a previous Grundtvig 4partnership in 2006, which explored the application of core principles of CommunityDevelopment to training and learning systems for Community Development. Theproject relates to the Budapest Declaration formulated in 2004, to Guidelinesproduced from a Grundtvig 4 Seminar in Budapest in 2006 and to programmesrunning alongside such as the People in Politics project lead by Sagene in Norwayand the European Dialogue project led by the Hungarian Association for CommunityDevelopment and thePartners and Multipliers seek to share and combine approaches to trainingand learning through the European Consortium. Partners seek to make the linksbetween professional training; personal development; opportunities in lifelonglearning through adult education; and training for citizen activists. Training andlearning opportunities would include a progression route for some citizen activists,who have not reached third level education, into the professions of communityworkers, mediators etc. Training for policy makers would include a higher consciousness of the contribution citizens can make coupled with more accountabilityfor the policy-making process.The commitment to “community” is not limited to locality. Awareness of theimpact of the global on the local community, and on communities of interest andidentity is a key to training and learning opportunities in this field. This has led to anengagement with policy on training and learning for European residents especiallythose without third level education. The main avenues for maintaining a more globalperspective without losing the commitment to locality are links with the Central and
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